Rainbow 'Round My Face
written by C. Carson Parks II
Lyrics:
Rainbow ‘round my face, I know you see it
Coloring the sight of your good-byes
It’s the sunlight of the smile that I am wearing
Shining through the teardrops from my eyes
When you see the color of a rainbow
And wonder at it’s beauty so divine
Remember sun alone can’t make a rainbow
It takes a little rain to make it shine.
Rainbow ‘round my face, I know you see it
Coloring the sight of your good-byes
It’s the sunlight of the smile that I am wearing
Shining through the teardrops from my eyes
I smile so they won’t know that I am grieving
And that you’ll “be back home just any day”
But darling, don’t you know that by your leaving
You’re turning all my sunny days to grey?
Rainbow ‘round my face, I know you see it
Coloring the sight of your good-byes
It’s the sunlight of the smile that I am wearing
Shining through the teardrops from my eyes
© 1970 Greenwood Music Co. - BMI 1226265
Carson's Remarks:
A couple interesting chord items here: I started out on the IImb, which is one of my favorites. Then, with the bridges (or verses, whatever), I went to the tonic minor. Once out there on THAT limb, I had a hard time figuring out how to get back home, but I finally did. This has been recorded by a couple people.